When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes. He listened to me quietly, then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like ? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could—and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I go to fairly clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it.“That’s just for you,” he said.“You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”
Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.
1.What does “Week by week her list grew” mean?
A. Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out to me.
B. She had made a list of my shortcomings and she kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing longer and longer.
C. I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on.
D. Week by week, my shortcomings grew more serious.
2.Why did her father listen to her quietly?
A. Because he believed that what her daughter’s “enemy” said was mostly true.
B. Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while.
C. Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment.
D. Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth.
3.Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?
A. Not an Enemy, but the Best Friend
B. The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had
C. My Father
D. My Childhood
Algae(水藻) are very simple plants. They grow in fresh water or salty water. Seaweed is algae that grow in salty water. Seaweed is red or brown in color. The Japanese people use these plants from the sea in many ways. From it, they make a food called Kombu. Kombu is seaweed that has been dried, cooked and pressed together. Then it is dried again and cut into long pieces. The Japanese eat a lot of Kombu and like it very much.
Japanese farmers often use seaweed as fertilizer. It makes their plants grow better. Many farmers also find seaweed makes a fine food for their animals.
From seaweed the Japanese also get iodine(碘), which they sell to other countries. Iodine is used in many ways all over the world. It is used in making medicine. It is added to the salt we use at the table. Scientists even use one form of iodine to “seed clouds” when they want rain to fall.
1.Kombu is a kind of ____ according to the text.
A. plant B. medicine C. food D. fertilizer
2.In the last sentence of the text, “seed clouds” means ____.
A. clouds spreading like seeds
B. to make rain fall with human power
C. the seeds like clouds
D. dropping seeds by clouds
3.The main idea of the story is that ____.
A. The Japanese eat seaweed when they want rain to fall.
B. Kombu is made into medicine for farmers.
C. The Japanese eat a lot of Kombu.
D. The Japanese use seaweed in many ways.
Professor Green, known to the world as a scientist, is not only absent-minded but short-sighted as well. His mind is always busy scientific problems and seldom notices what is going on him.
One fine day recently, he went a walk in the countryside, but as he has a book in his hand. When he went out , he began to read his book . He hadn’t gone far he run into a big cow and fell down. In the fall, he had lost his glasses, without which he couldn’t see anything. He thought he had hit his head a fat lady. “I’m sorry, Madam.” He said politely searching for his glasses. As soon as he had , he realized his mistake.
Soon he was fixing his mind on his book and paid no attention to anything else. He had scarcely been walking for five minutes when he fell over again, both his book and his glasses. This time he got very angry, seizing his umbrella, he gave the “cow” a wild blow. Then, after finding his glasses, he realized with horror that he made a second mistake. A large fat woman was fleeing from him in a horror.
1.A. to think B. thinking C. thinking about D. to think of
2.A. with B. around C. for D. at
3.A. for B. to C. towards D. over
4.A. also B. often C. ever D. usual
5.A. when B. while C. just then D. at that time
6.A. to B. against C. about D. onto
7.A. after B. in C. before D. during
8.A .put it on B. taken them off C. put them on D. taken them out
9.A. always B. again C. usually D. very much
10.A. holding B. getting C. finding D. losing
-----Please don’t make much noise. ------_______. I’ll be as quiet as a mouse
A. Yes, I will B. No, I won’t C. No, I will D.Yes, I won’t
I was told that Wenchuan Earthquake ______ the afternoon of May 12,2008.
A. was taken place in B. takes place on C. took place on D. was happened in
My sister ______ text messages to me on the mobile phone,but now she ___ e-mails on QQ.
A. is used to send ; used to send B. is used to sending ; used to send
C. used to send ; is used to sending D. used to send ; used to send
